We know that this “bathroom bill” moment calls for us to be bolder and reach farther than ever before as conservative state legislators go after our people all across the South. We’re working to counter the Confederate Spring we saw rise up these past few months from Mississippi to North Carolina, and, as always, we’re looking for the people who are looking for us. This summer we want to dance with all of you we have met (and our long …

Photo Credit Elainiel Baldwin SONG’s first Free From Fear campaign was officially launched in Durham, North Carolina, on January 17, 2015 by SONG members, member leaders and staff. We set out to build local and regional power and capacity in order to make needed political interventions in a time of much urgency and possibility. By fortifying the skills and spirits of LGBTQ people who are struggling and organizing in our hometowns, downtowns, and countryside, we knew we could begin to …

Free From Fear: SONG Announces Local Campaigns Across the South “What could be born in our communities if LGBTQ people and people of color were not afraid to walk our streets, lead in our towns, and fully lean into our own bodies and lives?” This is a guiding question for SONG’s new work. Free From Fear is one organization’s pledge to a wider collective movement commitment to fight and defeat fear and violence our towns, cities, region and country that …

We are Alabama SONG. We live in the Deep South; you know, where the black dirt is at and where some folks are scared to come visit because our interstates are littered with confederate flags flying high as New York City skyscrapers. Within this Deep South that’s both scary and beautiful, an organized group of radical queers are working to challenge the status quo, working to push the boundaries of “normal” and working to explore the possibilities of Southern transformation …

The Day After NC voted on Amendment 1’s anti-LGBTQ bill significantly diminishing our people’s protections and autonomy to build our families in the state: OUR win is Bigger!! Because this is only the beginning of a different kind of fight: one that fights towards Sexual Liberation, and pushes-back on any state that seeks to MANDATE how we build families, and punishes our people for being queer, lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender…. and fight for a kind of NC and South that …